§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men are engaged full time on fishing in Scotland and England, respectively.
§ Mr. John FraserThe most comprehensive estimates of the numbers engaged as fishermen are based on the provisional results of the 1971 Census of Population. These are as follows:
These include employees in employment, the self-employed and those seeking employment at the time of the census. The figures probably include a small number of part-time workers.
England Scotland 10,600 9,400 In 1966 the number of part-time fishermen in Great Britain was less than 400, but the corresponding figure for 1971 is not yet available.